The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

English Love Poems

English Love Poems

by Geoffrey Taylor (Editor), Geoffrey Taylor (Editor), John Betjeman (Editor)

$3.25

Save:$8.03 (71%)

Quantity

5 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 220
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 28 Jan 1974
ISBN 10: 0571070655
ISBN 13: 9780571070657

Author Bio
Poet and architectural critic, Sir John Betjeman was born in North London in 1906. He was taught by T S Eliot at Highgate Junior School and was rusticated from Magdalen College Oxford for failing Divinity. He published several poetry collections, including New Bats in Old Belfries and A Few Late Chrysanthemums, and several works on architecture. His Collected Poems was published in 1958 and the first edition sold over 100,000 copies. He was knighted in 1969 and appointed Poet Laureate in 1972. He died in Cornwall in 1984.